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August 17, 2026

Bangladesh’s win over Australia has made India’s WTC road much harder

Bangladesh’s historic win over Australia in Darwin has done more than strengthen their own World Test Championship (WTC) campaign. It has also made India’s route to next year’s final considerably more complicated. Before the two Tests in Darwin and Galle, Bangladesh sat fourth in the WTC table, one place above India. That position was easy […]

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Indian student numbers in the US drop for the tenth straight month

Indian student enrollment in the United States has fallen to a 29-month low, with the decline continuing for 10 consecutive months. According to US Department of Homeland Security data, there were 338,230 Indian students in the US in July 2026, down 12% since September 2025. The fall has been sharpest among postgraduate students, whose numbers

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Govt’s Economic Adviser proposes E10 for older vehicles, warns of food-fuel trade-off

Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran has proposed restoring E10 petrol alongside E20 for older vehicles and urged India to examine the food-versus-fuel trade-off before pushing ethanol blending beyond 20%. In a column published in The Indian Express with Department of Economic Affairs consultant Akash Poojari, the authors estimate that 75 to 80 million older

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Bangladesh’s 23-years of wait ends with a historic win over Australia in Darwin

For 23 years, Bangladesh had to wait for a Test match in Australia. When the opportunity finally arrived, they made sure it counted. Najmul Hossain Shanto’s side completed a historic nine-wicket victory over Australia in Darwin on Sunday, winning their first Test on Australian soil. Chasing just 57 on the fourth morning, Bangladesh reached the

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